Brian Lara Quotes

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Brian Lara

Profession : Cricketer

Birth : May 2, 1969

When the others grew tired and went home and there was no one else to play with I used to play my own Test matches on the porch of our house, using a broom handle or a stick as the bat and a marble as the ball. I would arrange the pot plants to represent fielders and try to find the gaps as I played my shots.

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There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

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I don't think there is any 16-year-old who is going to embark on the sort of career that Sachin Tendulkar has had and walk away from the game at 40 with such great achievements. He's the Muhammad Ali and the Michael Jordan of cricket.

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It's a great achievement for a 29-year-old to play 100 Tests.

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When you play a team sport all your life, you need to get out there sometimes and show some individualism in a sport where you play against the nature.

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People point fingers at the leader. That happens in every sport.

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I had some bad influences in my time and, if my parents weren't there to straighten me out, things might have gone haywire.

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Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say 'this guys has got potential, he's a wicket-taker.' He is someone who I'd like to see do well.

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I want to leave a nice legacy.

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I don't play politics.

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I've played and I've been a student of the game.

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We West Indian cricketers are always proud to play for the West Indies and we know we are made up of different islands and different cultures but we have to be able to mesh together, to come together and perform as a team.

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Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.

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Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

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Getting into your 30s, you don't feel the same as in your early 20s.

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I loved every minute of my 17-year career, all the Test matches, the ODIs and the World Cups. The only disappointment, if you ask me, was I never won a World Cup for West Indies.

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I want to be a consistent individual. I want to be someone my team can depend on all the time.

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I look at Sachin and I see a great player, the kind of person that you would like to follow, but I have my reputation and am happy with the way my career has gone.

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The Caribbean is all Third World islands and it's very tough to raise the money for sports.

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I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I've got from the people here.

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